Introduction to Apps for Faculty/Staff Emerging Instructional Technology Introduction to Apps for Faculty/Staff Google Drive, Google Calendar, Google Docs, Google Sheets, and Google Presentations, Off Liberty, Draggo, Pixlr, and Twitter created by: Candy Harbin

Allison Rossett* cites Clay Christensen concerning online learning and the importance of instructional design. * a Professor Emeritus from San Diego State University where she taught classes in Instructional Technology, Instructional Design and Performance Technology. She has written many articles as well as books on these subjects. 

Objectives Workshop participants will … become more familiar with Google Drive, Google Calendar, Google Docs, Google Presentations, and Google Sheets. use Offliberty.com to convert and download a Youtube video. create an account in Draggo for web page bookmarking.  utilize Pixlr to modify a given picture and save to it to their Google Drive.  become familiar with Twitter through a brief online overview. 

Google Drive Uses Docs Sheets Slides

Your class or committee can access them anywhere, anytime! Note-taking Share out class notes before your lecture or committee meeting so everyone can really listen! Your class or committee can access them anywhere, anytime!

Track Attendance Bring the sign-in sheet to the 21st century. Have students check in via Sheets (where revision history reveals all!)

Track Assignments and Grades Tired of students asking for grades? Create a Sheet to track assignments. Assign students anonymous numbers and they will know where they stand without having to ask you!

Presentations for Lectures or Talks Have students create Google Presentations for end of year project time to go more smoothly. Streamline the presentations with a shared deck of slides and share the deck with class at the end.

Project and Research Proposals Create a shared folder for all your colleagues so everyone has access to the same documents from everywhere.

Accessing Google Drive

Step 1: Go to the South Alabama website by typing in the url: www.usouthal.edu Have the participants log into their email accounts and access Google Drive so that they can drag this .ppt into a Google Drive folder that we will create in this workshop. Step 2: Click on Google Apps for Education with your mouse.

Step 3: Click “Faculty/Staff Login”

Step 4: Enter your username and password

Step 5: Click on “Drive”

This is the Google Drive view through your Jagmail

Step 6: Create a folder to share with your students or colleagues by clicking create and then folder.

Step 7: Now you can click “Share” from the folder you wish to share to your students or colleagues.

You can attach documents from your Google Drive right into your JagMail!

Google Calendar 

Shared Calendar Shared Calendars for your class, department, committee, or TAs. Tip: use different colors for multiple calendars or color-code specific events!

Appointment Slots for Office Hours Use evemts in Calendar for others to schedule office hours or meetings with you.

Delegate Your Calendar to Assistant or TA Delegate your calendar to your assistant or TAs so they can schedule meetings for you.

Set Event Reminders on Your Phone Need a quick reminder for class? Register your phone with Calendar to set SMS event reminders. Intermediate Application  

Now, let’s add a calendar event to your Google Calendar!

Type in the required information Type in the required information. You may share this event with someone if you like.

Offliberty.com

Offliberty allows you to access online content without a permanent Internet connection in 3 simple steps! . Step 1: Go to www.offliberty.com Step 2: Go to www.Youtube.com and copy URL of video Step 3: Paste URL in Offliberty box and choose MP3 or Video

Draggo.com

Utilize Draggo to store all your bookmarks in one location Utilize Draggo to store all your bookmarks in one location! It is compatible with Google Chrome, Firefox, and Internet Explorer. www.draggo.com

Create your own Draggo account by filling in the required information.

Once you create a free account in Draggo, you can save and organize your bookmarks all in one convenient place.

In order to bookmark a webpage using Draggo, first drag the button to the toolbar as instructed.

Save this webpage by clicking the “Save to Draggo” button on your toolbar. Then click save to “bookmark” it to your account. You can organize your bookmarks at any time.

Go to www.draggo.com and organize your web pages into categories.

Pixlr.com

Utilize Pixlr to a photo editor similar to Photoshop. http://pixlr.com/

Browse the computer for the folder on your desktop labeled “Emerging Technology”

Click on “Desktop” to locate the “Emerging Technology” folder.

Click on the map of Spain and then click open.

Now you can modify the picture in various ways …Let’s try to add a border.

You may select the border that most appeals to you.

You may also type text over your picture for enhancement.

Finally, save your work on the desktop and then move it to your Google Drive for access later.

Click Save

You may want to rename your picture so that it saves as a separate picture.

For review, let’s try to move these pictures over to your Google Drive. STEP 1: Drag the picture from your Emerging Technology folder… STEP 2: to your Google Drive

Why not try Twitter as an extended discussion venue for your course? http://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/articles/2012/10/29/study-twitter-improves-student-learning-in-college-classrooms www.twitter.com

Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Please fill out the survey to evaluate the workshop today. Feel free to make comments or suggestions on how to improve the overall workshop as well. We really appreciate your participation today. :o)